About: http://data.cimple.eu/news-article/b0343c4ec7a9f23168447230b2e46a3c27911133ace5fa25ee5a3a7e     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:NewsArticle, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
rdf:type
schema:articleBody
  • Malawi's presidential elections are to be re-run on Tuesday after being annulled for irregularities in a historic legal ruling. Following are key events in the crisis: On May 21, 2019, President Peter Mutharika, in power since 2014, is re-elected with 38.57 percent of the vote. He wins by just 159,000 votes over Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), according to official figures. The results are published two days late, after accusations of fraud that prompt a court to order a recount of a third of the electoral districts. Chakwera argues that tally sheets have been smudged with correction fluid -- and sheets from polling stations far apart each bear the same handwriting. On May 28, Mutharika, whose party denies fraud, is sworn in. Chakwera goes to court to demand cancellation of the election, as does vice president Saulos Chilima, who came third. In June, thousands of people take part in protests, which often lead to clashes with the police. Mutharika accuses Chakwera of seeking to overthrow the government. The headquarters of the main opposition party are torched and destroyed. On August 8, for the first time since Malawi's independence in 1964, the Constitutional Court meets to hear a request for a vote cancellation. The sitting is broadcast live for weeks by private radio stations. In January 2020, the president of the court denounces an attempt to corrupt his judges, unleashing new protests. On February 3, the Constitutional Court, sitting under heavy security, overturns Mutharika's re-election -- citing "grave", "widespread" and "systematic" irregularities. It orders a new vote within 150 days. There are scenes of jubilation. Malawi becomes only the second country south of the Sahara to have presidential poll results set aside, after Kenya in 2017. Mutharika and the Malawi Electoral Commission appeal the ruling. Parliament votes through a law requiring a more than 50 percent majority to secure victory, meeting one of the Constitutional Court's demands. In March, the electoral commission sets the election for July 2. Vice President Chilima files a lawsuit against Mutharika after he refuses to promulgate laws to hold the re-run and fire the electoral commissioners who oversaw the failed election. Three people die following a petrol-bomb attack on an office of one of the main opposition parties, the United Transformation Movement (UTM), in Lilongwe. On May 8, the Supreme Court of Appeal dismisses bids to overturn the annulment and authorises parliament to set a date for the new vote. Mutharika denounces a "judicial coup d'etat." On May 21, controversial electoral commission boss Jane Ansah resigns. The election is finally brought forward to June 23. ang/jmy/sn/erc/ri/kaf
schema:headline
  • Malawi's election crisis: a timeline
schema:mentions
schema:author
schema:datePublished
http://data.cimple...sPoliticalLeaning
http://data.cimple...logy#hasSentiment
http://data.cimple...readability_score
http://data.cimple...tology#hasEmotion
Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 3 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software